population

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

From late Latin populatio "a people, multitude," as if a noun of action from classical Latin populus "people"

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɒpjuːleɪʃən/
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  Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

[edit] Noun

population (plural populations)

1. (collective) The people living within a political or geographical boundary

   The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!

2. The people living in a single place.

   The population of some smalltowns is numbered in under four digits

3. (biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area

   A seasonal migration annually changes the populations in two or more biotopes drastically, many twice in opposite senses

4. A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world

   The town’s population is only 243.

5. (statistics) A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn

   "...it is possible it [the Anglo-Saxon race] might stand second to the Scandinavian countries [in average height] if a fair sample of their population were obtained." Francis Galton et al. (1883). Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee, Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 269.

[edit] Derived terms

• population explosion
• population growth

[edit] Related terms

• popular
• populate
• populous

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Noun

population f. (plural populations)

1. A population

[edit] Related terms

• populaire
• populeux